News
LCG, June 4, 2025--Energy Vault Holdings Inc. (Energy Vault) and Jupiter Power (Jupiter) today announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of an additional battery energy storage system (BESS) at a Jupiter site in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region. The initial BESS project, located near Fort Stockton, Texas, was completed in July 2024, with a storage capacity 100 MW/200 MWh. The new BESS project will add another 100 MW/200 MWh of capacity. Construction has commenced, and the project is expected to achieve commercial operations by the end of this summer.
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LCG, May 30, 2025--NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale), a leading provider of advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, yesterday announced that it has received design approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its uprated 77 MW power modules. NuScale states that it remains the only SMR technology company with design approval from the NRC, and the company remains on track for deployment by 2030, with 50- and 77-MW SMR options.
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Industry News
AEP to Buy Houston Pipe Line Co. from Enron
LCG, Jan. 12, 2001American Electric Power Co. said yesterday it had signed an agreement for its AEP Energy Services Gas Holding Co. subsidiary to acquire Houston Pipe Line Co. from Enron Corp. through a stock purchase. Financial terms were not disclosed.Houston Pipe Line owns or leases, and operates, one of the most extensive and flexible natural gas gathering, transportation and storage operations in Texas. Its intrastate system includes more than 4,400 miles of pipe with capacity of approximately 2.4 billion cubic feet per day and the operation of one of the largest storage facilities in North America with a capacity of approximately 118 billion cubic feet and significant injection and withdrawal capacity.Paul Addis, an AEP executive vice president, said the deal "will enhance AEP's natural gas business with its multiple connections into the production areas of Texas, its numerous interconnects with intrastate and interstate pipelines, and its position in and around Houston as a premier provider of natural gas."AEP said the transaction should close before summer, The deal requires certain regulatory approvals and is subject to an anti-trust waiting period.
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